Check-list of the birds of West Papua

Version 1.8, May 10, 2017

We present a downloadable simple species-level checklist
of the birds reliably recorded from West Papua or Indonesian New Guinea
up to December 31, 2016. We define West Papua as the region encompassed
by the western half of the subcontinental island of New Guinea up to the
border with Papua New Guinea at 141° longitude, plus the following
groups of satellite islands: (1) the Raja Ampat archipelago (until recently
generally referred to as the West Papuan Islands), including the main
islands of Waigeo, Batanta, Salawati, Misool, Kofiau and Gebe; (2) the
Geelvink or Cenderawasih Bay Islands, including the main islands of Biak-Supiori,
Numfor and Yapen; and (3) the Aru Islands.

We list 704 bird species as reliably having been recorded
in West Papua up to December 31, 2016. These include 54 West Papua endemics,
289 regional New Guinea endemics, 245 widespread residents (at least eight
of which also have visiting migratory populations not included again in
the ensuing category), 80 regular migrants, 34 vagrants, and two recently
introduced yet poorly established species.